Name: Carolyn LeDuc
Item: Carolyn LeDuc
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Bio

Carolyn LeDuc practices in commercial/business litigation and catastrophic personal injury.

In business litigation, Ms. LeDuc has represented plaintiffs and defendants in matters involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, non-competition and non-solicitation, intellectual property, and legal malpractice. Ms. LeDuc’s business and commercial clients have come from a broad range of industries, such as commercial construction, real estate development, oil and gas mining, mortgage lending, law, metals manufacturing, telecommunications, industrial materials development, mass transportation, automotive dealerships, and news media.

Recent notable business matters include:

Real property contract dispute concerning distribution rights from joint venture to develop 1,750 acres of land constituting former site of Geneva Steel (now Vineyard, Utah)
Commercial contract dispute between magnesium vendor and titanium producer, concerning alleged “economic force majeure”
CC&R contract dispute involving development of large commercial property in Draper, Utah
Commercial contract dispute between producer and distributor of graphene
Breach of fiduciary duty dispute involving broker for sale of existing business
Contract dispute and alleged breach of fiduciary duty among shareholders in major Salt Lake City law firm
Employment contract dispute between former executive and Utah Transit Authority
Antitrust suit involving joint venture between Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News

In catastrophic injury suits, Ms. LeDuc has represented victims of car and truck collisions, construction accidents, electrocution, drowning, a variety of surgical injuries, and complex birth injuries.

Recent notable injury cases include:

Wrongful death suit involving tip-over of construction crane
Wrongful death suit involving semi-truck collision
Medical malpractice suit involving overmedication leading to quadriplegia

Ms. LeDuc and her team devote unparalleled effort to uncovering facts, exploring relevant and cutting-edge medical and scientific literature, and assembling the nation’s best technical and scientific experts to explain complex issues to judges and juries.

Ms. LeDuc handles all aspects of the litigation process—from the pre-trial process through appeal. Ms. LeDuc is also experienced in mediation and arbitration.

Areas of Practice

Complex Commercial Litigation
Contract Disputes
Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Intellectual Property
Land Use
Legal Malpractice
Catastrophic Personal Injury
Medical Malpractice (Plaintiff)

Recognition

America's Top 100 Bet the Company Litigator
Utah's Legal Elite, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 Rising Star by Super Lawyers/Thomson Reuters
2023, 2024 Super Lawyer/Thomson Reuters

Admissions

Utah State Bar, 2012
U.S. District Court, District of Utah

Education

J.D., University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, 2012
High Honors
William H. Leary Scholar
Spring 2011 Judicial intern for the Honorable William A. Thorne of the Utah Court of Appeals
B.A., Brigham Young University, 2003
Glenn E. and Olive W. Nielson Scholarship

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